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Some thoughts on Jaume Collet-Serra's underrated THE WOMAN IN THE YARD and the highs and lows of "grief horror" for A Few Great Pumpkins XXI. Our annual weeklong Halloween essay series begins:
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Lynne Littman's underseen masterpiece TESTAMENT is the scariest and subtlest movie about the end of the world in American cinema history. Littman joins us in person on November 7 for a special 35mm presentation of her film, followed by a conversation.
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Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love begins its theatrical run this week. Here’s my review explicating what makes the film “novelistic” and why this is Lee’s most successful attempt yet to translate his literary sensibility into his cinema:
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And with @Reckless_Edit on ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK, our #NYFF coverage is officially complete. It's been a great year, thanks to all our brilliant contributors.
#NYFF: With the urgent pace of a Safdie production sans the graphic violence, Noah Segan's THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK jolts forward like a rusting express train. Honored to review for @reverse_shot @TheNYFF @MovingImageNYC.
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FJORD is not a disappointment for refusing to clarify its political allegiances; it is a disappointment because it is a limp and unconvincing oversimplification of a complex subject. Matthew Eng reviews:
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Dazzled by YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, so had to write about it. A field day for Fielder fans:
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Mariano Llinás sifts through the archives for his 5 1/2 hour LIFE OF JORGE LUIS BORGES, a lovable, occasionally frustrating oddity/odyssey that's as much about his own rangy, expansive artistic methods as Borges himself. Jeff Reichert reviews from #NYFF:
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Ken Russell's frenetic THE DEVILS opens this week in a long-anticipated new restoration. Resident Russell expert Gavin Smith digs into this heretical masterpiece:
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Radu Jude does it again (positive!) with the quietly lacerating THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID. Shonni Enelow reviews for #NYFF:
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Wrapping up our extensive #NYFF coverage over the next couple of days. First up, @alexjamesmooney on Andrew Haigh's A LONG WINTER:
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MINOTAUR is a gripping continuation of Andrei Zvyagintsev’s trademark examinations of the spiritual rot underlying Russia. @agsims_ reviews for #NYFF:
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If this is to be Mike Leigh’s last word, the political and moral fire that has smoldered throughout his films is still burning.
Gavin Smith reviews the wonderful TENDER LOVING CARE for our #NYFF coverage.
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9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN spins off from the road-trip genre, delivering a meditative family drama in the process. The central characters’ journey becomes a microcosm of modern Thai society. Review by Đăng Tùng Bạch for #NYFF:
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On Hamaguchi's morally robust, dramatically fragile ALL OF A SUDDEN for #NYFF. Our festival coverage continues through the weekend:
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Hong Sang-soo’s 34th feature THE DAY SHE RETURNS continues a robust period of autofiction for the filmmaker about aging artists more concerned with being true to themselves than being liked.
Kelley Dong reviews for our #NYFF coverage:
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Director Isabelle Stever and screenwriter Anna Melikova's I RARELY WAKE UP DREAMING turns the Ukrainian home front of the Russian invasion into a crucible of daunting choices for a transgender man. @FateSailor reviews for our ongoing #NYFF coverage:
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BITTER CHRISTMAS is "one of Almodóvar's more intricately structured and conceptually sound films, an internal auteurist audit that rigorously questions the authenticity of inspiration."
@Eng_Matthew reviews for #NYFF:
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The brilliant Valeska Grisebach returns with her latest complexly layered frontier story THE DREAMED ADVENTURE. @kimchimarx reviews for #NYFF:
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As LA LIBERTAD DOBLE unfolds, we are gradually confronted with a possibility that LA LIBERTAD raised but did not explore, that is, of a dramatic rupture, a decisive break in routine. @lawrencengarcia reviews Lisandro Alonso's unexpected sequel for #NYFF:
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